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Author Question: The ability of one person to produce over a million different antibody molecules (Read 727 times)

futuristic

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on: Sep 10, 2013
The ability of one person to produce over a million different antibody molecules does not require over a million different genes; rather, this wide range of antibody production is due to
A) alternative splicing of exons after transcription.
B) increased rate of mutation in the RNA molecules.
C) DNA rearrangements.
D) rearrangements of cytosolic proteins in the thymus cells.
E) crossing over between the light and heavy chains of each antibody molecule during meiosis I.


aero

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Reply #1 on: Sep 14, 2013
I remember it was C


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